It's really a cosmetic thing, some people classify all military looking rifles as "assault weapons" regardless of the actual implications of that word. There is no real difference between a .223 hunting rifle and a .223 Ar-15 aside from cosmetics.

Im still skeptical of the every-evolving story. Originally the AR was locked in the car, he was let into the school (sounds more likely than the new story) and he shot the kids with a glock and a sig. This was accepted for several days.

Then all the sudden the narrative changed and he used the AR and blasted his way past the new security system (a door that you have to be buzzed by, probably metal with shatterproof glas) and layed everyone out with the AR. Next thing you know, AWB ban bill being introduced (which they've been wanting to do for a while).

I'm not one to be highly skeptical of reporters... but seriously, wtf.

He went through the glass that was beside the door. Lot of conflicting reports early on. Fog of war. I guess.

schools spend millions. every classroom has tens of thousands in computer gear. most schools in FL now have a $40k "smart board" in their rooms.

There are staff members, assistants, supervisors, 'specialists' and a few people at every school that just bounce around looking busy.

High schools and middls schools already have a cop on campus, and it is VERY rare that we have any school shootings any more. Elementary schools don't seem to have these student resource officers- and they should. Yes, the need is greater in high school, where kids fight and they're bigger/stronger than the teacher, etc, and kids might bring guns to school.

But elementary schools - maybe 30 of them per county - need one cop per campus. Send home one of the assistants trying to look busy, and get a cop there. He can walk around all day, chat with people, learn about problems, diffuse situations. When some ass-hat comes shooting thru the door at 10:30 AM, the cop would have had a nice gun battle up front, long before it got to a classroom.

This is an interesting example. When confronted with a scary surprise, her first instinct is to ATTACK the snowman. I know it's a silly comparison, but you can see if this was a bad guy jumping out of the snowman suit with a gun, she's already going to have fists hitting him, grabbing gun. She is ready to fck him up - while the others assume sort of freeze up, standing fetal position kind of reaction. I contend she probably has had some sort of self-defense training. Fists go into perfect defensize position - no way - perfect attack position - in order to protect herself. It'd be awesome if everyone in society reacted like this. School shooters would have every person EAGER to get that gun and ruin their day. So maybe just self-defense training with hands from young age would benefit society?

It's really a cosmetic thing, some people classify all military looking rifles as "assault weapons" regardless of the actual implications of that word. There is no real difference between a .223 hunting rifle and a .223 Ar-15 aside from cosmetics.

Exactly... NO difference.

Hence my statement... That there was no assault rifle used during this shooting AT ALL.

Reasonable gun control is not the problem. People who want to ban guns outright are sadly misguided. A gun ban will not work in the United States. Gun ownership is part of our culture and the guns are already out there. Banning stuff doesn't work. You need only look at alcohol and drug prohibition to see that. Besides, target shooting is a lot of fun and very challenging.

Progressives smell blood in the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut and their coordinated assaults, while not actually making Americans any safer, nonetheless are going to see positive results for the anti-gun lobby. Not surprisingly, the New York Times, which is full of what Daniel Okrent once called "bien-pesant" journalists, has been leading a full-scale charge, demonizing any gun owner who does not carry a weapon as part of his or her employment as being a murderer or enabler of shooting little children.

A lot of writers, such as Robert Higgs and Will Grigg, have dealt with the utter hypocrisy of President Barack Obama decrying the killing of American school children while at the same time ordering drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere in which little children are killed. However, since Obama has been declared by at least some of his supporters as "our lord and savior," one would suppose that The Great And Holy One is beyond any criticism, and especially criticism from the "bien-pesant" journalists that rule our media.

This is an interesting example. When confronted with a scary surprise, her first instinct is to ATTACK the snowman. I know it's a silly comparison, but you can see if this was a bad guy jumping out of the snowman suit with a gun, she's already going to have fists hitting him, grabbing gun. She is ready to fck him up - while the others assume sort of freeze up, standing fetal position kind of reaction. I contend she probably has had some sort of self-defense training. Fists go into perfect defensize position - no way - perfect attack position - in order to protect herself. It'd be awesome if everyone in society reacted like this. School shooters would have every person EAGER to get that gun and ruin their day. So maybe just self-defense training with hands from young age would benefit society?

446 school age children shot in Chicago . . . The Tea Party Commander ^ | December 20, 2012 | none listed

Posted on Friday, December 21, 2012 3:24:17 PM by RetiredArmy

446 school age children shot in Chicago so far this year with strongest gun laws in country Ė media silent

The cesspool known as Chicago probably has the toughest gun laws in the country, yet despite all the shootings, murders, and bloodshed, you never hear a peep about this from the corrupt state run media. In Chicago, there have been 446 school age children shot in leftist utopia run by Rahm Emanuel and that produced Obama, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, etc. 62 school aged children have actually been killed by crazed nuts in Chicago so far this year with almost two weeks to go. So why isnít this news worthy? Is it because it would embarrass those anti second amendment nuts who brag about Chicagoís tough gun laws? Is it because most of the kids who were shot and killed were minorities? Or is it because the corrupt media doesnít want to show Chicago in a bad light? Amazingly, no Obama crocodile tears either.

For those of you too dense to get the point of this post, itís to make the point about gun laws. No matter how tough the gun laws are, the crazed, nut jobs will find a way to get them and if they so chose, use them. No draconian law can stop this, no matter how well intentioned the law is, or if itís just about leftists grabbing power from citizens and taking away their constitutional rights.

THE LIST OF MURDERED SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN 2012

18 YEARS OLD- 15

17 YEARS OLD- 16

16 YEARS OLD- 16

15 YEARS OLD- 6

14 YEARS OLD- 4

13 YEARS OLD- 2

12 YEARS OLD- 1

7 YEARS OLD- 1

6 YEARS OLD- 1

446 School Age Children Shot in Chicago so Far This Year THE LIST OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SHOT IN 2012